seläkkäin

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • seljäkkäin (dated, dialectal)

Etymology

selkä +‎ -kkäin (situative singular)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈselækːæi̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞lækːæi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -elækːæin
  • Syllabification(key): se‧läk‧käin
  • Hyphenation(key): se‧läk‧käin

Adverb

seläkkäin

  1. back-to-back (with one's back facing that of somebody else)

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